For our first guest lecture of the year we had a visit from Dean Humphreys, an industry level audio engineer who’s worked on multiple big budget films such as Taken 2 and The Pianist. This lecture proved to be quite vital and interesting as Dean spent a lot of time talking about first hand experience in etiquette with in the studio and how to work with difficult producers/directors. Another key element of the lecture was the talk about how to get into industry, mentioning the fact that he didn’t get into a creative role straight away. There was also key discussion on some of the phrasing used within studio when talking to fellow production team members who aren’t are familiar with your department, this is key as I’ll be working with a film crew this year and I don’t want to use certain lingo that would either annoy them or go over their heads.

A lot of this lecture also focused on how to hold yourself within a studio environment. An example of this was to never use phrase like “I’m tired” due to the fact that everyone exhausted and in general, it shows a lack of discipline and interest to the work at hand. There was also generalised advice such as creating a business email and make sure you put across your desire for industry. Overall, this lecture included key work practises that I’ll heavily take into consideration when it comes to developing the audio for this film.